Ex-mayor's son charged with ghost employment

4:55 PM,
Jul. 6, 2012

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A former Montpelier Street Department worker - the son of the Blackford County city's former longtime mayor - has been accused of going to appointments at a Marion substance abuse facility while being paid by city taxpayers.

Authorities also allege Dustin McPherson used a city-owned truck, fueled with gasoline purchased by taxpayers, to make those on-the-clock personal trips to Grant County.

McPherson, 31, of Montpelier was charged this week with three counts of ghost employment, a Class D felony carrying a standard 18-month prison term. ...